Energy provision device

ABSTRACT

An energy provision device for providing electrical energy for a motor vehicle, including a network connection for connecting the energy provision device to an AC network, at least one first connection device for creating a wired electrical connection between the network connection and the motor vehicle, and at least one second connection device for creating a wireless electrical connection between the network connection and the motor vehicle. The first connection device has a connection for connecting an electrical line provided for creating the wired connection to the motor vehicle and/or the electrical line connected to the connection and the second connection device has a wireless charging device.

FIELD

The invention relates to an energy provision device for providingelectrical energy for a motor vehicle, comprising a network connectionfor connecting the energy provision device to an AC network, comprisingat least one first connection device for creating a wired electricalconnection between the network connection of the motor vehicle, andcomprising at least one second connection device for creating a wirelesselectrical connection between the network connection and the motorvehicle, wherein the first connection device has a connection forconnecting an electrical line provided for creating the wired connectionto the motor vehicle and/or the electrical line connected to theconnection and the second connection device has a wireless chargingdevice.

BACKGROUND

For example, document DE 10 2010 022 727 A1 is known from the prior art.It relates to a charging system for charging the traction battery of anelectrically driven motor vehicle, comprising a first rectifier, whichis galvanically connectable on the input side to an AC voltage orthree-phase supply network and is connected on the output side via anintermediate circuit provided for stabilizing the generated DC voltageto the input of a charge regulating circuit connected on the output sideto the traction battery. It is provided here that the intermediatecircuit is connected to the output of a second rectifier, which isconnected on the input side to a vehicle-side electrical winding, viawhich electrical energy can be inductively transferred to the motorvehicle from a charging station connected to an AC voltage supplynetwork or three-phase supply network using a coupling device attachableto the motor vehicle and comprising a stationary electrical winding.

Furthermore, document FR 2 985 868 A1 describes a charging system forbatteries of a motor vehicle and document DE 11 2012 005 145 T5describes a quick charge power supply system.

Furthermore, document DE 10 2013 220 548 A1 discloses a device forcharging an electrical energy accumulator comprising a first device forreceiving electrical energy, which has a receiver for contactlesslyreceiving the electrical energy, and comprising a second device forreceiving electrical energy, which has a connection that can becontacted for the wired receiving of the electrical energy, wherein thefirst and the second device are alternately usable to charge the energyaccumulator. It is provided that the first device is connected to thesecond device, and that only the second device is connected to theenergy accumulator.

Furthermore, document DE 10 2016 102 053 A1 discloses a circuit systemfor a charging station, which is provided for charging an energyaccumulator in a vehicle, wherein the circuit system comprises atransformer having transformer outputs galvanically isolated from oneanother, wherein a first subsystem and a second subsystem are eachconnected to one of the transformer outputs, wherein the first subsystemand the second subsystem each comprise a rectifier, from which a DCvoltage converter is connected upstream, wherein the DC voltageconverter is coupled on its input side or on its output side to aswitching logic.

Finally, document EP 2 657 063 A1 describes a charging device forinstallation in an electric vehicle for charging an electric energyaccumulator of the electric vehicle, wherein the charging device has afirst energy transfer interface, which is connected via a first electricenergy path to an energy-accumulator-side connection. It is providedhere that the charging device has a second energy transfer interface,which is connected via a second electric energy path to theenergy-accumulator-side connection, and that the second electric energypath discharges into the first electric energy path, wherein the commonsection of the energy paths between the discharge of the secondelectrical energy path into the first electrical energy path and theenergy-accumulator-side connection has at least one electricalcomponent.

SUMMARY

It is the object of the invention to propose an energy provision devicefor providing electrical energy for a motor vehicle, which hasadvantages over known energy provision devices, in particular is usableextremely flexible with small structural space at the same time.

This is achieved according to the invention by an energy provision. Itis provided that the first connection device and the second connectiondevice are connected to the network connection via a common networkrectifier device and a common inverter of a potential isolation device,wherein the potential isolation device has a rectifier electricallyconnected on the input side to the inverter and on the output side tothe first connection device as well as an isolation transformercomprising a primary winding electrically connected to the inverter anda secondary winding electrically connected to the first connectiondevice, and wherein the second connection device is electricallyconnected to the potential isolation device between the inverter and therectifier.

The energy provision device is used to provide electrical energy for themotor vehicle. For this purpose, the energy provision device isconnected via its network connection to the AC network, preferably apublic AC network, or is at least connectable thereto. The energyprovision device can withdraw electrical energy from the AC network viathe network connection and provide it to the motor vehicle or transferit to the motor vehicle. The energy transferred to the motor vehicle isused, for example, for charging an energy accumulator of the motorvehicle, preferably a traction battery of the motor vehicle. Thetraction battery is to be understood as an energy accumulator which isused to operate a traction drive of the motor vehicle, i.e., anelectrical machine, by means of which the electrical energy temporarilystored in the traction battery can be converted into mechanical energy,which is directed to driving the motor vehicle.

The energy provision device can transfer the electrical energy suppliedvia the network connection to the motor vehicle in a wired manner, onthe one hand, and wirelessly, on the other hand. For this purpose, theenergy provision device can alternately be used to create the wiredelectrical connection and/or the wireless electrical connection. Tocreate the wired electrical connection, the energy provision device hasthe first connection device and to create the wireless connection deviceit has the second connection device. Both the first connection deviceand also the second connection device are each embodied accordingly tocreate the respective electrical connection.

It is provided that the first connection device has the connection forconnecting the electrical line provided for creating the wiredconnection to the motor vehicle and/or the electrical line connected tothe connection. The wired connection to the motor vehicle can be createdor is created via the first connection device. For this purpose, theenergy provision device is associated at least with the connection forconnecting the electrical line, via which the wired electricalconnection to the motor vehicle is ultimately provided. The connectionis, for example, a plug fitting, which provides a plug connection, viawhich the electrical line is electrically connectable to the firstrectifier.

Of course, the electrical line can additionally be part of the firstconnection device. For example, the line is detachably connectablenondestructively to the connection, i.e., it is connectable to theconnection in such a way that it can subsequently be detached orisolated again from the connection nondestructively. It can also beprovided that the electrical line is electrically connected permanentlyand non-detachably, i.e., not detachable nondestructively, to the firstrectifier. In this case, for example, only the electrical line isprovided, but not the connection or plug fitting.

The plug fitting is arranged, for example, on a housing of the energyprovision device in such a way that the plug connection to theelectrical line can be created easily. This enables extremely flexibleusage of the energy provision device. The first connection device isprovided and designed for transferring a direct current to and/or fromthe motor vehicle or a direct current is transferred from or to themotor vehicle by means of the first connection device.

Furthermore, it is provided that the second connection device has thewireless charging device. An alternating current is transferred fromand/or to the motor vehicle with the aid of the second connectiondevice. During a transfer of the alternating current to the motorvehicle, the alternating current is supplied to the wireless chargingdevice. The wireless charging device is provided, for example, in theform of one or more coils. By means of the energy provision device, forthe wireless provision of the electrical energy for the motor vehicle,the alternating current withdrawn from the alternating current is firstconverted by means of the network rectifier device into direct current.Subsequently, this direct current is converted back into alternatingcurrent, namely by means of the common inverter. In this case, thefrequency of the alternating current is converted to the requirements ofthe wireless charging device. In particular, the frequency of thealternating current provided by means of the inverter is higher than thefrequency of the alternating current withdrawn via the networkconnection from the AC network. A flexible operation of the energyprovision device is thus possible.

Alternating current from the AC network is provided to the energyprovision device via the network connection. Only the second connectiondevice is operable using alternating current, however, and thus requiresalternating current for its intended operation. In contrast, the firstconnection device is operated using direct current or requires directcurrent for its intended operation. To achieve a particularly compactembodiment of the energy provision device, the first connection deviceand the second connection device are electrically connected in parallelto the network connection. This is carried out via the common networkrectifier device and the common inverter.

The network rectifier device is used to convert alternating currentprovided at the network connection into direct current, wherein thelatter is provided to the first connection device and the secondconnection device, namely via the inverter of the potential isolationdevice. The potential isolation device is used for a galvanic isolationof at least the first connection device and the network connection. Thismeans that the network connection and the first connection device arefree of potential in relation to one another, because their electricalpotentials are isolated from one another. In this way, a high level ofsafety of the energy provision device is achieved, because a user of theenergy provision device is not subjected to an electric current floweven upon simultaneously touching the energy provision device and themotor vehicle, and he thus does not get an electrical shock. Thepotential isolation device is used in particular for the isolation ofthe electrical potentials of the network connection and the firstconnection device, because otherwise a galvanic connection would existbetween the energy provision device and the motor vehicle. This is notthe case for the second connection device due to the wireless energytransfer. Additionally or alternatively, however, the potentialisolation device can be provided and designed to implement a galvanicisolation between the network connection and the second connectiondevice.

The potential isolation device preferably has, in addition to theinverter, an isolation transformer and furthermore preferably arectifier. The rectifier is connected here, for example, via theisolation transformer to the inverter. The inverter converts the DCvoltage provided by the network rectifier device into an AC voltage,which is transformed by the isolation transformer into a further ACvoltage. This further AC voltage is converted with the aid of therectifier into a DC voltage, which is ultimately provided to the firstconnection device. In other words, the first connection device ispreferably connected via the rectifier to the isolation transformer, therectifier is connected via the isolation transformer and the inverter,and the isolation transformer is connected via the inverter to thenetwork rectifier device. In this way, the galvanic isolation of thefirst connection device from the network connection is achieved. If thegalvanic isolation of the second connection device from the networkconnection is additionally or alternatively implemented, the secondconnection device is thus connected via the isolation transformer to theinverter and—as already explained—the isolation transformer is connectedvia the inverter to the network rectifier arrangement.

The electrical energy provided at the network connection in the form ofthe alternating current can be provided to the motor vehicle by means ofthe first connection device, the second connection device, or bothsimultaneously. It can thus be provided that the provision of theelectrical energy for the motor vehicle takes place solely by means ofthe first connection device or solely by means of the second connectiondevice. However, it can also be provided that the electrical energy isprovided to the motor vehicle by means of both the first connectiondevice and also the second connection device, i.e., in parallel orsimultaneously.

In any case, however, the first connection device and the secondconnection device are supplied with electrical energy indirectly bymeans of the common network rectifier circuit, in particular exclusivelyby means of the common network rectifier circuit. Because of the use ofthe common network rectifier circuit for the first connection device andthe second connection device, a space-saving embodiment of the energyprovision device can be implemented, but a high level of flexibility inthe use of the energy provision device can be achieved at the same time,because electrical energy can be provided to the motor vehicle or themotor vehicles in both a wired and also a wireless manner. It can alsobe provided that electrical energy is provided to the motor vehicle bymeans of the first connection device and electrical energy is providedto a further motor vehicle by means of the second connection device.

The network rectifier device can be designed to be unidirectional orbidirectional. In the first case, electrical energy can be withdrawnfrom the AC network by means of the network rectifier device andsupplied to the connection devices. The reverse direction is notprovided. In contrast, if the bidirectional design of the networkrectifier device is implemented, the network rectifier device can beused both to withdraw electrical energy from the AC network and supplyit to the connection devices and also to transfer energy in the reversedirection. This means that, for example, energy from the motor vehiclecan be transferred by means of the first connection device and/or thesecond connection device to the energy provision device and suppliedtherefrom via the network rectifier device to the AC network.

Due to the integration of the first connection device and the secondconnection device into the energy provision device, it can moreover beprovided that electrical energy is withdrawn from the motor vehicle bymeans of one of the connection devices and supplied by means of therespective other of the connection devices to the further motor vehicle.Extremely flexible operation of the energy provision device is thusimplemented or at least implementable. For example, for this purpose arectifier of the potential isolation device and/or the second connectiondevice is designed to be bidirectional.

One preferred further embodiment of the invention provides that thenetwork rectifier device has a network rectifier which is electricallyconnected, on the one hand, to the network connection and, on the otherhand, via the common inverter in parallel to the first connection deviceand the second connection device. The network rectifier is used torectify the alternating current withdrawn from the AC network intodirect current, which is subsequently provided to the first connectiondevice and the second connection device via the common inverter. Forthis purpose, the network rectifier is connected on the input side tothe network connection and is connected on the output side via theinverter of the potential isolation device to both the first connectiondevice and also the second connection device.

The electrical power supplied in total to the first connection deviceand the second connection device is thus conducted via the networkrectifier. The energy provision device is preferably thus adaptedaccordingly. For example, the network rectifier is designed in such away that it can supply the first connection device and the secondconnection device as a whole with electrical power which corresponds tothe total of the rated powers of the two connection devices. If this isnot the case, thus if the rated power of the network rectifier is lessthan the total of the rated power of the two connection devices, theenergy provision device is thus preferably designed in such a way thateither only one of the two connection devices is operable in each case,or that the actual power of at least one of the two connection devicesis set in such a way that it is less than the respective rated power.

In the first case, for example, the second connection device is thusshut down when electrical energy is supplied to the motor vehicle bymeans of the first connection device. Vice versa, the first connectiondevice is shut down when electrical energy is supplied to the motorvehicle by means of the second connection device. Instead of theshutdown, a reduction of the actual power of the correspondingconnection device can also be provided in each case, namely preferablyin such a way that the total of the actual powers of the two connectiondevices corresponds to the rated power of the network rectifier or thenetwork rectifier device.

Of course, the network rectifier device can have multiple networkrectifiers, which are preferably arranged in parallel to one another inthis case. The network rectifiers are thus electrically connected, onthe one hand, to the network connection and in each case, on the otherhand, to the potential isolation device or the common inverter of thepotential isolation device.

The invention provides that the potential isolation device has arectifier which is electrically connected on the input side to theinverter and on the output side to the first connection device. Thepotential isolation device thus has the rectifier in addition to theinverter. The rectifier is electrically connected via the inverter tothe network rectifier device or the network rectifier. Moreover, thefirst connection device is connected via the rectifier to the inverter.The rectifier is used for rectifying an alternating current into adirect current. The alternating current is provided by the inverter,namely by converting the direct current provided by the networkrectifier device into alternating current. The direct current ultimatelyprovided by the rectifier is supplied to the first connection device fortransfer to the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle is preferablyconnectable directly to the rectifier via the first connection device.The direct current provided by the rectifier is thus supplied directlyvia the first connection device to the motor vehicle. The use of therectifier enables a particularly low-loss transfer of electrical energyto the motor vehicle in the form of direct current.

In the scope of the invention, it is provided that the potentialisolation device has an isolation transformer comprising a primarywinding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding iselectrically connected to the inverter and the secondary winding iselectrically connected to the first connection device. The isolationtransformer effectuates the actual galvanic isolation which is achievedby means of the potential isolation device. The isolation transformerhas the primary winding and the secondary winding, which areelectrically isolated from one another, preferably by a protectiveisolation. For this purpose, a reinforced insulation can be providedbetween the primary winding and the secondary winding. The isolationtransformer can also be designed as a conventional transformer, however.

The isolation transformer does not carry out voltage conversion, forexample, so that an electric voltage on the primary winding correspondsto an electric voltage on the secondary winding. Alternatively, however,such a voltage conversion can be provided, of course, wherein, forexample, the electric voltage provided on the secondary winding isgreater or less than the electric voltage provided on the primarywinding.

The primary winding is electrically connected to the inverter and thesecondary winding is electrically connected to the first connectiondevice. The alternating current provided by the inverter is thus appliedto the primary winding, which is converted by the isolation transformerinto an alternating current provided on the secondary winding. Thisalternating current is provided to the first connection device, inparticular via the rectifier. The use of the isolation transformerresults in a particularly safe and reliable embodiment of the energyprovision device.

One refinement of the invention provides that the network rectifier isdesigned for rectifying an electric current provided at the networkconnection at a network frequency and the inverter provides electriccurrent at an intermediate circuit frequency, which is greater than thenetwork frequency, on the output side. During intended operation of theenergy provision device, an electric current is thus applied to thenetwork connection which has the network frequency. This electriccurrent or alternating current is rectified with the aid of the networkrectifier device, i.e., converted into a direct current. This directcurrent is in turn converted with the aid of the inverter into analternating current, wherein this alternating current has theintermediate circuit frequency.

To achieve a particularly compact embodiment of the energy provisiondevice, the intermediate circuit frequency is higher than the networkfrequency. Due to the higher frequency, the transformer can be designedto be smaller than would be the case if the intermediate circuitfrequency corresponded to the network frequency. The intermediatecircuit frequency is particularly preferably significantly higher thanthe network frequency, preferably by a factor of at least 10, at least100, or at least 1000. For example, the network frequency is at most 50Hz or at most 60 Hz, while in contrast the intermediate circuitfrequency is at least 1 kHz, at least 10 kHz, at least 25 kHz, at least50 kHz, at least 75 kHz, or at least 85 kHz.

One preferred refinement of the invention provides that the wirelesscharging device is designed for intended operation at a transferfrequency and the intermediate circuit frequency corresponds to thetransfer frequency. The transfer frequency is, for example, at least 1kHz, at least 10 kHz, at least 25 kHz, at least 50 kHz, at least 75 kHz,or at least 85 kHz. A particularly efficient energy transfer from and tothe motor vehicle can be achieved at such a transfer frequency. It isprovided that the inverter of the potential isolation device is to beused to provide the alternating current necessary for the operation ofthe second connection device. A separate inverter for the secondconnection device can thus be omitted, so that the resulting energyprovision device is particularly compact.

A further embodiment of the invention provides that at least oneelectrical component of a resonant circuit and/or a filter and/or acompensation network is electrically connected between the inverter andthe isolation transformer. The resonant circuit represents aresonance-capable electrical circuit, which has as electrical componentsat least one coil and one capacitor. In contrast, the filter is anelectrical circuit which filters out specific frequencies from theelectrical alternating current provided by the inverter. The filter hasas an electrical component at least one coil and/or one capacitor. Thecompensation network is used to compensate for a leakage inductance. Theuse of the resonant circuit and/or the filter and/or the compensationnetwork enables a particularly effective energy transfer from or to themotor vehicle.

According to the invention, it is provided that the second connectiondevice is electrically connected between the inverter, in particular theat least one electrical component, and the rectifier, in particular theisolation transformer, to the potential isolation device. The secondconnection device is thus not electrically connected via the entirepotential isolation device to the network rectifier device, but ratherto a connection which branches off from the potential isolation device.For this purpose, the second connection device is electrically connectedto the potential isolation device between the inverter and therectifier. It can be provided that it is connected between the at leastone electrical component of the resonant circuit or the filter and therectifier, between the inverter and the isolation transformer, orbetween the at least one electrical component and the isolationtransformer. In this way, the inverter can be used in a particularlyefficient manner for providing alternating current for the secondconnection device.

One preferred further embodiment of the invention provides that thefirst connection device and the second connection device are connectedvia a switching device to the inverter. By means of the switchingdevice, at least one of the connection devices, i.e., the firstconnection device and/or the second connection device, can beelectrically isolated from the inverter, at least in one phaseor—alternatively—in multiple phases. The switching device enablesefficient operation of the energy provision device by switching off ineach case those of the connection devices which are presently notrequired.

In the scope of a further preferred embodiment of the invention, it isprovided that the switching device has at least one switch which isconnected, on the one hand, to an electrical connection point providedbetween the inverter in the rectifier to the potential isolation deviceand, on the other hand, is connected to the first connection deviceand/or the second connection device. The switch of the switching deviceis thus electrically connected in the potential isolation device to thisdevice, namely at the connection point. This point is electricallylocated between the inverter, in particular the at least one electricalcomponent, and the rectifier, in particular the isolation transformer.

The switch is connected, on the one hand, to the connection point and,on the other hand, to one of the connection devices. This connectiondevice can be either electrically connected to the connection point orisolated from it with the aid of the switch. In a first switch positionof the switch, the connection device is electrically connected to theconnection point and in a second switch position it is isolated from it.Such a switch is preferably associated with each of the connectiondevices. For example, the switching device thus has a first switch forthe first connection device and a second switch for the secondconnection device. The above statements are to be used in each case forthe switches for the first switch and the second switch. The firstswitch is electrically provided between the connection point and thefirst connection device and the second switch is electrically providedbetween the connection point and the second connection device. With theaid of the switch or the switches, flexible operation of the energyprovision device is implementable.

A further preferred embodiment of the invention provides that thenetwork rectifier device and the potential isolation device are arrangedin a common housing of the energy provision device. The connection ofthe first connection device is also preferably provided on or in thehousing. The common housing is provided, for example, for a wallmounting, but can also be arranged at another suitable point. Aparticularly compact embodiment of the energy provision device isimplemented by the arrangement of the common network rectifier deviceand the common inverter and also—optionally—the connection of the firstconnection device on or in the housing.

Furthermore a method is described for operating an energy provisiondevice for providing electrical energy for a motor vehicle, inparticular an energy provision device according to the statements in thecontext of this description, wherein the energy provision devicecomprises a network connection for connecting the energy provisiondevice to an AC network, at least one first connection device forcreating a wired electrical connection between the network connectionand the motor vehicle, and at least one second connection device forcreating a wireless electrical connection between the network connectionand the motor vehicle, wherein the first connection device has aconnection for connecting an electrical line provided for creating thewired connection to the motor vehicle and/or the electrical lineconnected to the connection and the second connection device has awireless charging device. It is provided here that the first connectiondevice and the second connection device are connected via a commonnetwork rectifier device and a common inverter of a potential isolationdevice to the network terminal.

The advantages of such an embodiment of the provision device or such aprocedure have already been noted. Both the energy provision device andalso the method for its operation can be refined according to thestatements in the context of this description, so that reference is thusmade thereto.

According to the invention, it is provided, for example, that a suitableoperating mode be selected from the above-mentioned operating modes,i.e., the first operating mode and the second operating mode, and set onthe rectifier device. For this purpose, it is provided in particularthat the switching device, which was also already mentioned, be setaccordingly. This enables particularly flexible operation of the energyprovision device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURE(S)

The invention will be explained in greater detail hereinafter on thebasis of the exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawing, withoutrestricting the invention. In the drawing, the single

FIGURE shows a schematic illustration of an energy provision device forproviding electrical energy for a motor vehicle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The FIGURE shows a schematic illustration of an energy provision device1, which is provided and designed for providing electrical energy for amotor vehicle (not shown in greater detail). The energy provision device1 comprises a housing 2, in which essential components are arranged.Furthermore, the energy provision device 1 comprises a networkconnection 3 for connecting the energy provision device 1 to an ACnetwork, preferably a public AC network. In the exemplary embodimentshown here, the network connection 3 is embodied as three-phase.

Furthermore, the energy provision device 1 comprises a first connectiondevice 4 and a second connection device 5. The first connection device 4is provided and designed for creating a wired electrical connectionbetween the network connection 3 and the motor vehicle, whereas thesecond connection device 5 is provided and designed for creating awireless electrical connection between the network connection 3 and themotor vehicle. The first connection device 4 has a first connection 6and the second connection device 5 has a second connection 7. The firstconnection 6 and—optionally—also the second connection 7 are preferablyeach designed as a plug fitting.

An electrical line 8 is connectable to the connection 6, via whichultimately the electrical connection to the motor vehicle can becreated. For example, the line 8 has a plug 9 or the like on its endfacing away from the first connection 6 for electrically connecting theline 8 to the motor vehicle. A wireless charging device 11 is connectedto the second connection 7—preferably by means of a line 10. Thewireless charging device 11 is provided, for example, in the form of acoil.

The first connection device 4 and the second connection device 5 areconnected via a common network rectifier device 12 to the networkconnection 3. In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the networkrectifier device 12 has a single network rectifier 13. Alternatively, ofcourse, multiple network rectifiers 13 can also form a component of thenetwork rectifier device 12, wherein these network rectifiers 13 arepreferably electrically connected in parallel to one another. Thenetwork rectifier 13 is connected to the network connection 3, on theone hand. On the other hand, it is connected to the first connectiondevice 4 and the second connection device 5 or the correspondingconnection 6 or 7, respectively, specifically via a common inverter 14,which is a component of a potential isolation device 15.

The potential isolation device 15 has an isolation transformer 16 and arectifier 17 in addition to the inverter 14. Optionally, at least oneelectrical component can be provided which is, for example, a componentof a resonant circuit and/or a filter. The isolation transformer 16 ofthe potential isolation device 15 is used to implement a galvanicisolation, in particular a protective isolation, of at least the firstconnection device 4 from the network connection 3 or the networkrectifier 13. For this purpose, the first connection device 4 iselectrically connected via the rectifier 17, the isolation transformer16, the component 18 (if provided), and the inverter 14 to the networkrectifier 13, specifically in the indicated sequence.

In contrast, the second connection device 5 is connected over only apart of the potential isolation device 15 to the network connection 3 orthe network rectifier device 12, namely at least not to the rectifier17. For example, the connection device 5 is thus connected via theisolation transformer 16 (optionally), the at least one component 18(also optionally), and the inverter 14 to the network connection 3 orthe network rectifier device 12.

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the second connection device 5is connected to a connection point 19, which is located between theinverter 14 and the rectifier 17, in particular between the inverter 14and the isolation transformer 16. Such an embodiment of an energyprovision device 1 has the advantage that the inverter 14 of thepotential isolation device 15 is used, on the one hand, for the galvanicisolation of the connection device 4 from the network rectifier device12 and, on the other hand, for the provision of an alternating currentfor the second connection device 5.

To alternately operate the first connection device 4, the secondconnection device 5, or both connection devices 4 and 5, a switchingdevice 20 is connected to the connection point 19, which has a firstswitch 21 for the first connection device 4 and a second switch 22 forthe second connection device 5. The first switch 21 is connected, on theone hand, to the connection point 19 and, on the other hand, to thefirst connection device 4, specifically via at least one rectifier 17,in the exemplary embodiment shown here additionally also via theisolation transformer 16 (optionally). The second switch 22 isconnected, on the one hand, to the connection point 19 and, on the otherhand, to the second connection device 5.

The described energy provision device 1 has the advantage that a highdegree of integration is achieved in that the connection devices 4 and 5are supplied with electric current via the common network rectifierdevice 12 and the inverter 14. Moreover, the essential components of theenergy provision device 1 are arranged in the common housing 2.

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 11. An energy provision device for providing electricalenergy for a motor vehicle, comprising: a network connection forconnecting the energy provision device to an AC network, at least onefirst connection device for creating a wired electrical connectionbetween the network connection and the motor vehicle, and at least onesecond connection device for creating a wireless electrical connectionbetween the network connection and the motor vehicle, wherein the firstconnection device has a connection for connecting an electrical lineprovided for creating the wired connection to the motor vehicle and/orthe electrical line connected to the connection and the secondconnection device has a wireless charging device, wherein the firstconnection device and the second connection device are connected to thenetwork connection via a common network rectifier device and a commoninverter of a potential isolation device, wherein the potentialisolation device has a rectifier electrically connected on the inputside to the inverter and on the output side to the first connectiondevice as well as an isolation transformer including a primary windingelectrically connected to the inverter and a secondary windingelectrically connected to the first connection device, and wherein thesecond connection device is electrically connected to the potentialisolation device between the inverter and the rectifier.
 12. The energyprovision device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the network rectifierdevice has a network rectifier, which is electrically connected, on theone hand, to the network connection and, on the other hand, via thecommon inverter in parallel to the first connection device and thesecond connection device.
 13. The energy provision device as claimedclaim 11, wherein the network rectifier is designed to rectify anelectric current provided at the network connection with a networkfrequency and the inverter provides electric current on the output sideat an intermediate circuit frequency which is greater than the networkfrequency.
 14. The energy provision device as claimed in claim 11,wherein the wireless charging device is designed for the intendedoperation at a transfer frequency and the intermediate circuit frequencycorresponds to the transfer frequency.
 15. The energy provision deviceas claimed in claim 11, wherein at least one electrical component of aresonant circuit and/or a filter and/or a compensation network iselectrically connected between the inverter and the isolationtransformer.
 16. The energy provision device as claimed in claim 11,wherein the second connection device is electrically connected to thepotential isolation device between the inverter, in particular the atleast one electrical component, and the rectifier, in particular theisolation transformer.
 17. The energy provision device as claimed inclaim 11, wherein the first connection device and the second connectiondevice are connected via a switching device to the inverter.
 18. Theenergy provision device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the switchingdevice has at least one switch, which is electrically connected, on theone hand, to a connection point provided between the inverter and therectifier to the potential isolation device and, on the other hand, tothe first connection device and/or the second connection device.
 19. Theenergy provision device as claimed claim 12, wherein the networkrectifier is designed to rectify an electric current provided at thenetwork connection with a network frequency and the inverter provideselectric current on the output side at an intermediate circuit frequencywhich is greater than the network frequency.
 20. The energy provisiondevice as claimed in claim 12, wherein the wireless charging device isdesigned for the intended operation at a transfer frequency and theintermediate circuit frequency corresponds to the transfer frequency.21. The energy provision device as claimed in claim 13, wherein thewireless charging device is designed for the intended operation at atransfer frequency and the intermediate circuit frequency corresponds tothe transfer frequency.
 22. The energy provision device as claimed inclaim 12, wherein at least one electrical component of a resonantcircuit and/or a filter and/or a compensation network is electricallyconnected between the inverter and the isolation transformer.
 23. Theenergy provision device as claimed in claim 13, wherein at least oneelectrical component of a resonant circuit and/or a filter and/or acompensation network is electrically connected between the inverter andthe isolation transformer.
 24. The energy provision device as claimed inclaim 14, wherein at least one electrical component of a resonantcircuit and/or a filter and/or a compensation network is electricallyconnected between the inverter and the isolation transformer.
 25. Theenergy provision device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the secondconnection device is electrically connected to the potential isolationdevice between the inverter, in particular the at least one electricalcomponent, and the rectifier, in particular the isolation transformer.26. The energy provision device as claimed in claim 13, wherein thesecond connection device is electrically connected to the potentialisolation device between the inverter, in particular the at least oneelectrical component, and the rectifier, in particular the isolationtransformer.
 27. The energy provision device as claimed in claim 14,wherein the second connection device is electrically connected to thepotential isolation device between the inverter, in particular the atleast one electrical component, and the rectifier, in particular theisolation transformer.
 28. The energy provision device as claimed inclaim 15, wherein the second connection device is electrically connectedto the potential isolation device between the inverter, in particularthe at least one electrical component, and the rectifier, in particularthe isolation transformer.
 29. The energy provision device as claimed inclaim 12, wherein the first connection device and the second connectiondevice are connected via a switching device to the inverter.
 30. Theenergy provision device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the firstconnection device and the second connection device are connected via aswitching device to the inverter.